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Twenty miles with Bluetooth – new beacon billed as ‘game-changer’ for IoT, rival for LTE

Texas-based Apptricity has launched a long-range Bluetooth beacon capable of connecting sensors at distances of up to 20 miles outdoors, and up to 20 storeys indoors. It is presented as a low-cost alternative to LTE and satellite for long-range IoT connectivity, and a simpler...

Five verticals for hybrid IoT – where short- and long-range IoT tech meet

Note, this article is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report on the combination of low-power short- and long-range communications technologies in hybrid IoT systems. Go here for the full report, which is free to download. A webinar on the same subject,...

Hello, HaLow – all about the new Wi-Fi HaLow tech for low-power mid-range IoT

In truth, Wi-Fi HaLow is not new. The solution, geared towards low-power mid-range IoT solutions, was announced back in 2016. But there is gathering momentum around it, with chips and devices in the latter stages of development and a queue of customers apparently lined...

New MIOTY management platform brings integration with Azure, AWS, Cumulocity

BehrTech has released the latest version of its MYTHINGS Central network and device management platform for MIOTY-based low-power wide-area IoT networks. The 3.0 version includes backend integration with Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Cumulocity, as well as with other third-party applications and IoT platforms including...

Who is winning what – in the great LPWA networking war? (Round 2)

Note, this article is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report on the combination of low-power short- and long-range communications technologies in hybrid IoT systems. Go here for the full report, which is free to download. A webinar on the same subject,...

New kid on the IoT block – going long-range with LoRaWAN / Sigfox rival MIOTY

Note, this article is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report, out tomorrow, on the combination of low-power short- and long-range communications technologies in hybrid IoT systems (see cover image below). Go here for the full report, which is free to download. The...

Sigfox opens in Puerto Rico with mission to make “next smart country”

IoT network provider Sigfox has expanded into Puerto Rico via a service provider agreement with local private equity firm, The Phoenix Fund. The new Sigfox Puerto Rico operation will also have support from Sigfox’s US-based business. The Phoenix Fund was established in 2018, as a...

Bemis mixes Sigfox and BLE for indoor and outdoor tracking of smart shopping carts

For three years Bemis Manufacturing had been looking to engineer a smart shopping cart. It had cycled through various IoT technologies only to draw a blank each time, with coverage failing on way or another. And then it came across Sigfox, and then it...

“The future is a workbench, not a platform” – LoRa leader TTN on how to hit pay-dirt in IoT

IoT platforms are not a panacea for the complex inter-workings of industrial IoT systems. They are over-the-top interfaces, which just introduce another layer of complexity to the market. The IoT sector will only hit pay-dirt when there are easier mechanisms to fashion bespoke solutions...

Land Rover sees “unprecedented” response from Sigfox-based direct marketing

British car brand Land Rover has utilised Sigfox connectivity in an interactive marketing campaign to encourage UK drivers to book a test drive. The campaign saw a 10-fold jump in responses compared with regular print marketing, and a 24-fold return-on-investment for the car maker. Sigfox...

‘NB-IoT’s time has come,’ says GSMA, as it catches-up on LTE-M, reaches beyond China

The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic will accelerate rollout and takeup of narrowband IoT (NB-IoT), which is building a head of steam already. NB-IoT passed 100 million connections in January on the back of a continuing surge in China, according to the GSMA, and is on...

Sigfox Germany bolsters portfolio with new range of smart building IoT sensors

Sigfox Germany has expanded its product portfolio with the introduction of a range of sensors from Finnish IoT firm Connected Inventions. The new range includes sensors for monitoring dust, temperature, humidity, CO2, and motion. Connected Inventions, is the hardware arm of Sigfox operators Connected Finland,...

Sigfox waives airtime fees for new IoT innovations to fight COVID-19 pandemic

Sigfox is offering to waive connectivity costs for US-based IoT projects developed on its connectivity infrastructure that seek to address critical challenges related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The French firm’s US office has issued a called to the IoT community to “join forces” to...

MQTT provider and LPWA rival Thingstream snapped up by u-blox for $10.4m

Swiss IoT company u-blox has bought UK-based Thingstream, which offers low power wide-area (LPWA) IoT connectivity based on the MQTT lightweight messaging protocol. The sale closed for at CHF 10 million (€9.5m / $10.4m), plus coverage for some deferred staff retention. MQTT, short for message...

‘A little more or a little less, but it will explode’ – Sigfox on its ‘1B23’ growth target

Sigfox has settled on three primary IoT use cases to deliver massive scale as it carries on its path to reach a billion connections inside the next 24 months, and as the IoT market at large gains maturity. The France based company, which licences the...

Metals & Mining | Digging with data – unique challenges, cellular solutions (part 3)

This article continues from here (part 2). It is also available to download (for free) in full, as a standalone report – from here. The report features additional information. It forms part of Enterprise IoT Insights’ ongoing Making Industry Smarter report series, which has...

Irish delivery service An Post recruits Sigfox for “thousands” of logistics trackers

Irish postal company and fleet operator An Post Mails & Parcels (An Post) has contracted Irish Sigfox operator VT Networks to equip and monitor “several thousand” roll cages and containers for parcel processing and distribution. The state-owned logistics firm said the move, to embrace connected...

Industrial alliance forms around telegram-splitting LoRaWAN and NB-IoT-rival MIOTY

A band of research organizations and industrial companies have formed the MIOTY Alliance to promote telegram-splitting ultra-narrowband (TS-UNB), commercialized as MIOTY, as an alternative  low-power wide-area (LPWA) technology to the likes of LoRaWAN and NB-IoT in the industrial IoT and smart cities markets. MIOTY (a...

Sigfox launches IoT network in Indonesia

  French IoT specialist Sigfox has officially launched its IoT network in Indonesia, the company said in a release. In the first stage, Sigfox's network is available in greater Jakarta area and Bandung. Sigfox said that the launch of Sigfox network is aimed at supporting the...

5G, 0G, all these Gs? Gee-eze – the IoT pie is bigger than that, says LoRaWAN champ

An intro-video plays as the founders of The Things Network (TTN), take to the stage at their annual LoRaWAN bash in Amsterdam. A Hollywood-style voiceover crows about big-sounding tech - something about 5G and 0G, and all the other Gs – before the baritone...

Interactive marketing campaign delivered over Sigfox’s IoT network

Is IoT the future of direct marketing? In the latest demonstration of how IoT has the potential to disrupt the marketing sector, WND UK, the UK’s Sigfox Network Operator, and Ebi, print and fulfillment specialists, are enabling live communication over Sigfox’s IoT network with potential...

Sigfox flurry takes footprint to 70 countries; fast-growing UK hits 90% coverage

Sigfox IoT networks are now live in 70 countries. The French firm claims launches in three new markets in 2020, increasing its total country count by four and a half per cent compared with the end of 2019. Sigfox's network in the UK has...

More industrial Wi-Fi 6, fewer IoT platforms, new mMTC entrants – it ain’t gonna happen

ABI Research has poured water on the idea Wi-Fi 6 will gain mass adoption in the IoT space in the near-term. It has also said a few dominant chipset vendors will squeeze out new entrants in the IoT market, that low-power wide-area tech standards...

New partnership allows Thinxtra to reach 97% of Hong Kong with IoT

  HKBN Enterprise Solutions has inked a partnership with Thinxtra to launch IoT platform solutions based on Sigfox's technology standard in Hong Kong. As part of this partnership, HKBN Enterprise Solutions has also provided connectivity support to expand the Thinxtra’s network to achieve a population coverage...